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India reports more than 357,000 new Covid cases as total crosses 20 million

A man with his bicycle on a street in the old quarters of New Delhi on April 19, 2021, as India’s capital will impose a week-long lockdown from tonight, officials said, while the megacity struggles to contain a huge surge in Covid-19 cases with hospitals running out of beds and oxygen supplies low. Sajjad Hussain… Read More: India reports more than 357,000 new Covid cases as total… »

What to do while you wait for surgery with 10 million in queue after Covid

Thanks to the pandemic, hospital waiting lists are at an all-time high. According to the latest figures published in the journal The Lancet Rheumatology, almost 10 million people in the UK are waiting for surgery – up from 4.2million since before Covid hit. One of the worst hit specialities is orthopaedics, which includes bone and… Read More: What to do while you wait for surgery with 10… »